Western Australia recorded the equal lowest number of roads deaths since records began.
Despite a reduction on the 196 lives lost in 2016, WA still has the second highest road fatality rate per 100,000 people of any State in Australia.
The 2017 Preliminary summary of fatalities on Western Australian roads, released by the Road Safety Commission today reveals:
- Speed, alcohol, inattention and fatigue are still a factor in 63 per cent of fatalities;
- 81 per cent of people killed were male;
- The most common age group of people killed was between 20 and 29 years old; and
- Vulnerable road users made up 32 per cent of all fatalities, including 26 motorcyclists, 15 pedestrians and seven cyclists.
WA’s fatality rate per 100,000 people decreased to 6.2 in 2017, the lowest rate since 1961, but still above the national average of 5.0.